Ballads: Scottish and English [Association Copy]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1867 Circa 1867. Extra Chromo-Lithograph title, viii, 472pp, 16pp of advertising, illustrated, bound in a decorative green cloth binding, decorative spine, beveled edges, all edges gilt, brown endpapers, binding tight. Embossed mark on endpaper reads "W. H. Smith & Son, Strand / London" [established in 1792], Signature of Betty B. Hoskins (1936-2015) Author and Bioethicist. In the margin of the last page of advertising reads "Victor Neuberg Library, Mrs. R.E.S. Macleod, 8.62". Victor Neuberg (1883-1940) was a poet, editor and initiate of Aleister Crowley. Upper edge of spine split, pages age darkened. No musical notation. Decorative title reads "Nimmo's Popular Poets".
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- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010070
- Title
- Ballads: Scottish and English [Association Copy]
- Illustrator
- Lawson, J.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William P. Nimmo
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1867
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Keywords
- Scottish English Ballads Poems Songs Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- POETRY;
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